From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264688AbUEXUqk (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 May 2004 16:46:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264691AbUEXUqk (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 May 2004 16:46:40 -0400 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:59875 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264688AbUEXUpw (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 May 2004 16:45:52 -0400 Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 13:45:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Davide Libenzi cc: Andi Kleen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFD] Explicitly documenting patch submission In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <1YUY7-6fF-11@gated-at.bofh.it> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 24 May 2004, Davide Libenzi wrote: > > IANAL, but I don't think they have to ask. As with GPL, you not required > to sign anything to be able to use the software. By using the software you > agree on the license. By submitting a patch to a maintainer, you agree > with the Developer's Certificate of Origin. No, the thing is, we want your name to show up, and we do want you to explicitly state that not only do you know about the license, you also have the right to release your code under the license. Yes, that was all implied before. This is nothing new. The only new thing is to _document_ it, and make it _explicit_. And that means that submitters should read the DCO, and add the extra line. That's kind of the whole point of it - making a very ingrained and implicit assumption be explicitly documented. In other words: this is not about changing the way we work. It's about documenting the things we take for granted. So that outsiders can be shown how it works. Linus